The price of elementary school lunches in Petersburg will increase by 25 cents this school year, while meals at the middle and high schools will remain free. Inflation is increasing the cost of food and putting more pressure on the food program.
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Middle and High school students in Petersburg will have a new principal this year. Brad King spoke with KFSK’s Hannah Flor about the opportunities he sees in Petersburg, the importance of getting to know all the kids personally, and teaching students to think critically.
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The Petersburg School Board will have its final regular meeting of the school year at 6 p.m. tonight in the middle and high school library. The board will announce five faculty resignations, including those of elementary school librarian Jill Nordtvedt Lenhard and high school math teacher Tom Thompson.
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The Petersburg School District just received approval for a $25,000 grant that will help keep its mental health counseling services afloat.
The funding comes from the Suicide Awareness Prevention Postvention, or “SAPP,” program, which is federally funded through the U.S. Department of Education.
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School counselors and mental health support staff in the Petersburg School District say they’re feeling spread thin as they fight for funding to keep their program afloat. They’re worried about elevated anxiety levels among their students that could worsen with proposed state laws.
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Thirteen Petersburg middle schoolers traveled to Juneau earlier this month to compete in the Native Youth Olympics against teams from all over the state. Petersburg’s team has only existed for four years — but this year, they finished the competition as the first-place middle school team.
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“I would like to point out–the girls team this year, undefeated,” head coach Joe Viechnicki comments.
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Petersburg is seeing its highest COVID-19 active case count since the start of the pandemic and officials are cautioning about the virus spreading in the community. This outbreak has changed operations this week at the hospital and the schools. Petersburg’s emergency operations center Tuesday announced three more COVID positive test results, all in the same family and connected to other cases already announced. Petersburg is now reporting 10 active cases with eight new positives in the last week and a 2.4 percent positivity rate. That’s a rolling average of the number of cases per day based on the past week.
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